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230 - P.P. Rubens, Th. Van Thulden - Large Fieze from the Imperial Portico

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€360

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Estimation

€420 - 550

Sale fees

28%

P.P. Rubens, Th. Van Thulden - Large Fieze from the Imperial Portico Description: This is a large frieze consisting out of tree plates from the series of six detailed etchings of the statues decorating the Imperial Portico. From Gaspar Gevaerts' "Pompa Introitus" (Antwerp, 1641). It bears Van Thulden's signature. Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) Drawer and Sculptor Theodor Van Thulden (1606-1669). The actual gilded stone statues of the gallery were contracted to five sculptors, including Huibrecht van den Eynden and Sebastiaan de Neve, and the gilder Louis Vergouwen and his assistants. They stood over life-size at two and a half metres in height. After the Entry they were cleaned and presented to Ferdinand as a gift. Formerly in the Palace in Brussels, they were all destroyed by fire in 1731. Dimensions: 121,00 x 30,70 cm Condition: Excellent impressions on three sheet of laid paper mounted to each other with the borders as issued. Nice clean sheets in very good condition. Closed tear in the wide bottom margin, otherwise fine. Literature: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (119.II) (Thulden)(117-119.II) ----- Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (225.27.20-22) ----- Corpus Rubenianum XVI / The Decorations for the Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi (30-32) Medium: Etchings Date: 1635-1641

Auction details

OLD MASTER PRINTS - Winter Auction 2026
Thursday, December 3
06:00 PM
St crispijnstraat 23
8870 Izegem, Belgium

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